Chap. 165.—An ACT concerning liquor dealers deprived of their licenses by a
local-option election or by the establishment of a dispensary.

Approved March 14, 1904. ~

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
lawful for a licensed liquor dealer, debarred from the exercise of his
privilege under his license by reason of the establishment of a dispen-
sary, or the result of a local-option election, to continue to sell under said
license for the purpose of disposing of his stock on hand for a period of
ninety days after such dispensary is established or such election is held:
previded, that this provision shall not be construed as authorizing the
exercise of the privilege under the license beyond the time for which the
license was originallv granted.

2. Such a proportion of the monev paid to the State, city, or town
for such license shall be refunded by the State, city or town to such
liquor dealer so deprived of such license as the unexpired portion of the
neriod of time for which the license was granted during which such
dealer is so deprived of his Jicense bears to the whole period for which
the license was granted. Such liquor dealer may applv to the clerk of
the court by which the license was granted for a certificate which shall
set forth the time when said license was granted, the time when it began,
the period for which it was granted, the time when it was revoked by
said election or by the establishment of said dispensarv, and the number
of months for which said license would have continued in force if it had
not been so revoked; the amounts originally paid for such license to the
State, city, or town, respectively, and their pro rata amounts to be re-
funded by the State, city, or town, respectively, to such dealer. Upon
the filing of said certificate, or copies thereof, with the auditor and the
council of said citv or town, the auditor shall issue his warrant upon the
treasurer of the State for the sum to be refunded by the State, and the
council of the city or town shall order to be paid the sum to be refunded
by said city or town to such dealer or his legal representatives.